Status Quo: Decrease gradually tapering off (see Fig 3, Ch 1) Options: 1. Increments "gained" or "lost" by private sector distributed Status Quo: No change from current emphasis Options: 1. Double occupational emphasis at 2-year institutions 2. Increase occupational emphasis at selected 2 year 3. Increase occupational emphasis at all 2 year institutions to Status Quo: No change from current distribution Options: 1. Double allied health enrollments; reduce trade/tech 2. Double allied health enrollments; reduce business Options: 1. 50 percent state aid to public 2 year institutions Each of the resultant colleges would be served by a central administration and a common board. Determination of the best method of utilizing existing facilities would be the responsibility of the respective administrative staffs and governing boards. In compliance with the federal Education Amendments of 1972 the institutions shall be named Community College, for example Kansas City Kansas Community College.' RECOMMENDATION NO. 3: It is recommended that two multicampus colleges be formed by merging the six community junior colleges serving southeast Kansas and the area vocationaltechnical school located at Coffeyville: Southeast Kansas AVTS, Coffeyville CJC, • Allen County CJC, Ft. Scott CJC, Neosho County CJC Each of the unified colleges would be centrally administered and have a common board. A full offering of academic programs would be available to students at each campus. Vocational programs would be expanded; however, unnecessary duplication among district campuses would be avoided. The institutions would be named by the local governing board according to the guidelines given in Recommendation No. 2. RECOMMENDATION NO. 4: It is recommended that the offerings at the six community junior colleges and the four area vocationaltechnical schools listed be appropriately expanded to enable each to provide both academic and occupational-oriented training opportunities consistent with local needs: • Barton County CJC ● Pratt CJC Kaw AVTS Flint Hills AVTS ●Manhattan AVTS Wichita AVTS 7 "Community college" is defined in terms of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 to mean "any junior college, postsecondary vocational school, technical institute, or any other institution (which may include a four-year institution of higher education or a branch thereof)" which (a) is legally authorized to offer postsecondary education; (b) admits high school graduates or equivalent; (c) provides a two-year program leading to an associate degree, or acceptable for credit towards bachelor's degrees, and also provides programs of postsecondary vocational, technical, occupational, and specialized education; (d) is public or non-profit; and (e) is accredited. Ref: Title X, Part A, Sec. 1018 of the federal Education Amendments of 1972. 8 A consolidation feasibility committee consisting of representatives of the six existing "southeast" community junior colleges is currently studying various forms of unification. The results of the study were not available for consideration by the Master Planning Commission at the time of this writing. Each institution would be governed by a postsecondary board elected from the geographic area served. The institutions would be named by the local governing boards according to the guidelines given in Recommendation No. 2. RECOMMENDATION NO. 5: It is recommended that technical training such as that offered in Salina by the Kansas Technical Institute would be incorporated into the expanded curricula of those comprehensive colleges which serve areas of relatively high labor market demand for technicians.9 The facility which currently houses the Kansas Technical Institute would be operated as one of two campuses (the other being the existing Salina AVTS) of the proposed "Salina Community College" at the discretion of the college's governing board. RECOMMENDATION NO. 6: It is recommended that the system of public four-year colleges and universities be unchanged: ● Fort Hays Kansas State College • Wichita State University RECOMMENDATION NO. 7: It is recommended that no new institutions be established during the 1970's except those resulting from mergers as previously defined. PROJECTED REVENUE REQUIREMENTS The recommended institutional structure provides a foundation for a truly comprehensive system of postsecondary education throughout the state. It must be stressed, however, that the system alone will not insure an immediate or even a satisfactory transition. The rate and extent to which the system's potential is realized will be dependent on a number of factors including the rate and direction of economic development of Kansas, the degree to which high school 9 This recommendation is based on the previous finding that KTI alone does not significantly serve the technician training needs of major Kansas labor markets. For example, in the fall of 1971, students graduating from Johnson, Sedgwick and Wyandotte counties, which collectively constitute 34 percent of the state's population, represented less than five percent of KTI's enrollment. counselors and parents respond to the future needs of the society and the public's willingness to pay for improved educational output. Since these factors do not readily lend themselves to prognostication, the rate at which the public avails itself of the expanded opportunities afforded by the system can be forecast only with considerable speculation. Consequently, future operating costs have been analyzed in terms of probable high and low expenditure requirements. The estimated postsecondary operational cost range of the recommended system for 1980 is presented in Table 7, and is compared with 1970 and 1980 costs for the existing system as previously reported in Chapter 1. The increased 1980 operational cost of the recommended system relative to that of the existing system is primarily attributed to: (1) enrollment increases due to the expansion of occupational offerings, particularly in institutions that serve areas exhibiting substantial technical and semi-professional labor force requirements. and (2) higher cost of occupational training relative to academic education. 10 The educational changes associated with the achievement of significantly better and more realistic balances among individual, societal and economic needs are not likely to be effected without a strong, persistent and determined effort sustained over an extended period of time. Nevertheless, the recommended changes in the system of institutions are required in order that needed significant alterations in postsecondary education be realized. 10 Occupational training at the one to two year level of preparation in Kansas currently averages about 50 percent higher than academic offerings. Major factors which contribute to the expense of occupational training are: (1) low instructor-student ratios and (2) costs associated with operation, maintenance and replacement of laboratory equipment. 94-977 O 73 16 TABLE 7 TOTAL POSTSECONDARY OPERATING BUDGET EXISTING SYSTEM RECOMMENDED SYSTEM 1970 ACTUAL $179,951,000 1980 EST.* $350,000,000 1980 LOW EST.** 1980 HIGH EST.*** $360,000,000 $390,000,000 *Projections are based on the existing system of institutions, and the assumption that current legislative, social, economic and educational trends and patterns will continue and that the rate of escalation of education costs will remain the same. **Projections are based on the assumption that expanded educational opportunities afforded by the recommended system will be achieved with considerable resistance and that the transition will be slow. It was also assumed that the current rate of escalation of educational costs will continue. ***Projections are based on the assumption that significant changes in postsecondary education will be achieved at a maximum rate of transition particularly that enrollments in occupational-oriented programs will be substantially increased. It was also assumed that the current rate of escalation of educational costs will continue. |